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Faculty Fellow

Matthew McHugh

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The Independence Chair for Nursing Education; Professor of Nursing

Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research

Faculty Director, Nursing and Health Care Management Coordinated Dual Degree Program

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    About

    Matthew McHugh is The Independence Chair for Nursing Education and Professor of Nursing in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences in the School of Nursing; Associate Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research; and Faculty Director of the Nursing and Health Care Management Coordinated Dual Degree Program. McHugh is a nursing outcomes and policy researcher as well as a family nurse practitioner and psychiatric–mental health clinical nurse specialist. The fundamental question underlying his research is “How does the organization of nursing influence the achievement of our most important national health policy goals?” He draws on his expertise in nursing, law, public health, and health services research to conduct studies demonstrating nursing’s position as a force for quality, equity, and innovation in health services. 

    Selected Publications

    McHugh, MD, LH Aiken, ME Eckenhoff, LR Burns. 2016. “Achieving Kaiser Permanente quality.” Health Care Management Review 41(3): 178-88.

    Stimpfel, A.W., D.M. Sloane, M.D. McHugh, , and L.H. Aiken. 2016. “Hospitals known for nursing excellence associated with better hospital experiences for patients.” Health Services Research 51: 1120-1134.

    Chau, Janita P. C., Suzanne H. S. Lo, K. C. Choi, Eric L. S. Chan, Matthew D. McHugh, Danny W. K. Tong, Angela M. L. Kwok, W. Y. Ip, Iris F. K. Lee, and Diana T. F. Lee. 2015. “A longitudinal examination of the association between nurse staffing levels, the practice environment and nurse-sensitive patient outcomes in hospitals.” BMC Health Services Research 15: 538.

    Silber, Jeffrey H., Paul R. Rosenbaum, Matthew D. McHugh, Justin M. Ludwig, Herbert L. Smith, Bijan A. Niknam, Orit Even-Shoshan, Lee A. Fleisher, Rachel R. Kelz, and Linda H. Aiken. 2016. “Comparing the value of better nursing work environments across different levels of patient risk.” JAMA Surgery 151(6), 527-536.

    McHugh, M.D., Rochman, M.F., Sloane, D.M., Berg, R.A., Mancini, M.E., Nadkarni, V.M., Merchant, R. M., and Aiken, L.H. for the American Heart Associations Get with the Guidelines-Resuscitation Investigators. 2016. “Better nurse staffing and nurse work environments associated with increased survival of in-hospital cardiac arrest patients.” Medical Care 54: 74-80.

    Faculty Fellow

    Jennifer Pinto-Martin

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    Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor of Nursing

    Professor of Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine

    Faculty Fellow, Perry World House

    About

    Jennifer Pinto-Martin PhD, MPH, is the Executive Director for the Center for Public Health Initiatives and oversees all education, research, and action initiatives. She is also the Director of the recently-funded Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CADDRE). The CADDRE is one of five such centers funded by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work collaboratively to understand the causes of autism and the reasons for its recent increase in prevalence nationwide. The CADDRE is also engaged in research on early screening and identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), nursing care for families with children newly diagnosed with ASD, sleep disorders in children with ASD, and the psychological health of siblings of children with ASD. Dr. Pinto-Martin served as the President of the Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research and is currently on the Editorial Board for the journal Pediatric and Perinatal Research. She served as a special consultant to the National Institutes of Health on their research initiative on autism during 2001. Dr. Pinto-Martin teaches undergraduate “Statistics” with a focus on the real world application of statistical knowledge. In addition, she teaches an “Introduction to the Principles” and ” Methods of Epidemiology,” a course that is very popular with researchers who want to learn about the techniques of epidemiologic research.

    Selected Publications

    Konanki, R., Mishra, D., Gulati, S., Satinder, A., Deshmukh, V., Silberberg, D., Pinto, J.M., Durkin, M., Pandey, R.M., Nair, M.K.C., Arora, N.K. and INCLEN study group (in press). INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Epilepsy (INDT-EPI) for Primary Care Physicians: Development and Validation.. Journal of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, .

    Juneja, M., Mishra, D., Russell, P.S.S., Gulati, S., Deshmukh, V., Sagar, R., Silberberg, D., Bhutani, V.K., Pinto, J.M., Durkin, M., Pandey, R.M., Nair, M.K.C., Arora, N.K. and INCLEN study group (in press). INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Autism Spectrum Disorder (INDT-ASD): Development and Validation.. Journal of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, .

    Mukherjee, S., Satinder, A., Russell, P.S.S., Gulati, S., Deshmukh, V., Sagar, R., Silberberg, D., Bhutani, V.K., Pinto, J.M., Durkin, M., Pandey, R.M., Nair, M.K.C., Arora, N.K. and *INCLEN study group (in press). INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (INDT-ADHD): Development and Validation.. Journal of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, .

    Mukherjee, S., Satinder, A., Russell, P.S.S., Gulati, S., Deshmukh, V., Sagar, R., Silberberg, D., Bhutani, V.K., Pinto, J.M., Durkin, M., Pandey, R.M., Nair, M.K.C., Arora, N.K., INCLEN study group (in press). INCLEN diagnostic tool for neuro-motor impairment (INDT-NMI) for primary care physician: Development and Validation.. Journal of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, .

    Liu, J., Wang, W., McCauley, L., Pinto-Martin, J., Wang, J., Li, L., Yan, C.H., Rogan, W. (in press). Blood lead levels and children’s behavioral and emotional problems: A cohort study.. JAMA Pediatrics.

    Karmaus W, Jetton J, Paneth N, Pinto-Martin J. (in press). Asthma prevalence is lower in multiple births compared to singletons. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, .

    Mahoney, A.D., Pinto-Martin, J., Hanlon, A. (2014). Home environment, brain injury, & school performance in LBW survivors.. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 39 (1), 18-25.

    Zhang, J., Mahoney, A.D., & Pinto-Martin, JA (2013). Perinatal brain injury, visual motor function and poor school outcome of regional low birth weight survivors at age nine.. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 2225-32.

    Movsas, TZ, Pinto-Martin, JA, Whitaker, AH, Feldman, JF, Lorenz, JM, Korzeniewski, SJ, Levy, SE & Paneth, N. (2013). Autism Spectrum Disorder is associated with ventricular enlargement in a low birth weight population. The Journal of Pediatrics, 163(1), 73-8.

    Korzeniewski, S., Whitaker, A., Paneth, N., Lorenz, J.M., Feldman, J., Pinto-Martin, J., Pappas, A. & Levy, S. (2013). Association between Transient Hypothyroxinemia of Prematurity and Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Low Birthweight Cohort: An Exploratory Study.. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 27(2), 182-7.

    Faculty Fellow

    Harvey Rubin

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    Professor of Medicine

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      Harvey Rubin is Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The NIH, NSF, DARPA, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Discovery, and the Gates Foundation have funded his basic biochemical and genetic research in infectious diseases, resulting in more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. He served on national and international scientific review panels including the NIH, NSF, NASA Intelligent Systems Program, DARPA, and The Medical Research Council, South Africa. He was a member of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity and the Dept. of Defense/National Academy of Sciences Biological Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Dr. Rubin is the founder of Energize the Chain, a non-profit organization, and GAVI INFUSE, a funded partner that ensures the delivery of vaccines to people in the most remote regions of the world by utilizing power and connectivity available at cell tower sites to power the refrigeration systems that are necessary to keep vaccines at the proper temperature.

      Faculty Fellow

      Eugenia (Gina) South

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      Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

      Faculty Director, Urban Health Lab

      About

      Gina South is Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and a physician-scientist in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on neighborhood effects on health and safety in urban environments. More specifically, she is interested in understanding the ways in which the physical attributes of where people live, work, and play influence cardiovascular and mental health, substance use, and violent crime. She completed a randomized trial of vacant lot greening, including a study of ambulatory heart rate to investigate the impact of an urban blight intervention on toxic stress. Dr. South completed her Medical Degree at Washington University School of Medicine in 2008 and her Masters of Science in Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar between 2010-2012. She is currently in her final year of residency training. During residency, she served as a founding executive board member for the Alliance of Minority Physicians, a collaborative effort between University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. 

      Selected Publications

      Branas CC, Kondo MC, Murphy SM, South EC, Polsky D, MacDonald JM. “Urban blight remediation as a cost-beneficial solution to firearm violence.” American Journal of Public Health. Accepted for publication August 4, 2016.

      Kondo MC, South EC, Branas CC, Richmond TS, Wiebe DJ. “The association between urban tree cover and gun assault: a case-control and case-crossover study.” American Journal of Epidemiology. Accepted for Publication on Sept 12, 2016

      Garvin EC. Op-ed. “Cleaner, greener and healthier.” Philadelphia Inquirer, 2011. November 18.

      Garvin E, Branas C, Keddems S, Sellman J, Cannuscio C. “More than just an eyesore: local insights and solutions on vacant land and urban health.” J Urban Health 90(3):412-26, 2013. PMID: 23188553

      Garvin EC, Cannuscio CC, Branas CC. “Greening vacant lots to reduce violent crime: a randomized controlled trial.”  Inj Prev 19(3):198-203, 2013. PMID: 22871378

      South EC, Kondo MC, Cheney RA, Branas CC. “Neighborhood blight, stress, and health: A walking trial of urban greening and ambulatory heart rate.” Am J Public Health. 2015 May;105(5):909-13. PMID: 25790382

      Kondo MD, South EC, Branas CC. “Nature-based strategies for improving urban health and safety. J Urban Health.” Accepted for publication July 16, 2015. 

      Emerging Scholar

      Jennifer Whittaker

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      Research Associate, PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphlia

      About

      Jenny Whittaker is a Research Associate at the PolicyLab at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphlia. She received a PhD in urban and regional planning at the University of Pennsylvania and a research coordinator at PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She received her Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York where she also worked as a Research Associate in the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab. Her interests focus on improving health equity and rural community economic development via community-based participatory action research. She is dedicated to working at the intersection of planning and public health to create communities that allow people to live full and healthy lives.

      Selected Publications

      Whittaker, Jennifer, Jill K. Clark, Samina Raja, and Sarah Sangiovanni. 2017. Planning for Food Systems: Community University Partnerships for Food Systems Transformation. Metropolitan Universities.

       

      Whittaker, Jennifer. 2016. “Slow and Steady: Emergence of Urban Agriculture Policy in Buffalo, NY.” Urban Agriculture Magazine 31:19-24.

      Affiliated PhD Student

      Alexandra Wimberly

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      PhD Candidate in Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania

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        Alexandra Schepens is a Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. Her research looks at the cross-section of criminal justice and substance use. This work aims to develop substance use interventions for people in the criminal justice system with the goal of decreasing the imprisoned population.

         

        Affiliated PhD Student

        Tali Ziv

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        PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology

        About

        Tali Ziv is currently a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology with certificates in both Africana and Urban studies. Her research explores the contemporary decarceration efforts in Philadelphia, examining the community-based institutional transformation that has shaped the incarceration alternative landscape. She does this through a structural analysis of the historical economic and political forces that shaped both carceral and decarceral approaches to the social issues of addiction and poverty as well as an intimate analysis of individual experiences navigating these systems. In sum, her dissertation research explores the transformation of urban approaches to racialized poverty from both a structural and intimate vantage point. She conducted this research in collaboration with various city agencies, participating in applied projects both technically and advocacy-based in the field of re-entry. She engages her public health training to bring the qualitative data from her anthropological research into conversation with applied initiatives and interventions at the municipal level.

        Selected Publications

        Ziv, Tali. 2020. Alienation in the Black Marxist Tradition: Exploring critical epistemology and consciousness in Black Politics. American Quarterly. Under Review.

        Ziv, Tali.  2017. “It be hard just existing”: Institutional Surveillance and Precarious Objects in the Northeast Rustbelt. Ethnography. Vol. 18(2):153-174.

        Myers, Neely, Ziv, Tali. 2016. “No one ever even asked me that before”: Autobiographical Incoherence, Psychosis and Recovery among African Americans in a High Poverty, Urban Neighborhood. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Vol. 30 (3): 395-413.

        Barg, Frances, Kellom, Katherine, Ziv, Tali et al. 2017. LVAD-DT: Culture of Rescue and Liminal Experience in the Treatment of Heart Failure. American Journal of Bioethics. Vol. 17(2): 3-11.

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